drowsy
adjective
half-asleep; sleepy.
drowsiest
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superlativeof drowsy.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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“Ma Belle, My Beauty” comes pre-drenched in the languid pleasures of late summer; for anyone looking for a respite from and a celebration of the season’s drowsiest dog days, it works a trick.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2021
Up India's Hooghly River one day last February sailed a weird vessel which made even the drowsiest citizens rub their eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
A rooster crows somewhere far off—surely of all sounds the drowsiest.
From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks
Barley heads and crested wheat, Swaying gently to and fro, Sing the music of the heat, Sing the drowsiest song you know, Something slow, something low,— Lulla-lullaby.
From Cap and Gown A Treasury of College Verse by Frederic Lawrence Knowles
Life of Huxley," while the softest, drowsiest nest song, "Tweety-tweet!
From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Katharine Lee Bates
